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Police responded to a crash involving a school bus at Court and MacDougall Streets Thursday morning. Officers with the Thunder Bay Police Service responded to the scene just after 8 a.m. and say the school bus was loaded with students at the time.

About $6 million is going to Dryden's Domtar mill to find new uses for wood waste. The mill has teamed up with research firm Bahtelle, with the funding coming from the Centre for Research and Innovation in the Bio-Economy.

The chief of staff at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Center is reassuring the public that the closure of the plasma centre will have no impact on patient services at the hospital.

The battle for the location of the proposed event centre continued but a senior director with CEI Architecture says there’s only two real contenders.

University may be the chosen path for many students, but for others it seems like an impossible dream. Lakehead University and Lakehead Public Schools are partnering to make those dreams a reality.

Thunder Bay students could be getting a head-start on their post-secondary education. Lakehead Public Schools and Lakehead University have formalized an Achievement Program to not only raise money, but also encourage positive attitudes.

The OPP gave media an inside look at their Thunder Bay dispatch and call centre Wednesday, as part of National Public Safety Communicators week. Five dispatch centres across the province are the first contact the public has with police officers.

Protesters said they were out for blood and plasma as they rallied in hopes of ensuring the only donation clinic in Thunder Bay stays. More than 100 protesters stood their ground at the site of the Barton Street plasma centre.

Police in Fort Frances are looking for a suspect involved in an armed robbery at a gas station in that community Tuesday. Officials with the Fort Frances detachment of the OPP say that at about 10:20 p.m.

Thunder Bay’s housing starts have dropped by half from last year but Northern Ontario’s Market Analyst says it’s nothing to be worried about.